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Future Enhancements To The ERIN 

System For Military And Overseas 

Voters: 

• Give the military and overseas 

voters the ability to mark their ballots 

online before printing and returning the 

ballots by mail. 

• Provide electronic delivery of state 

and local ballots, if authorized by state 

law. 

• Make the federal ballots available to 

the voters 45 days before the election for 

subsequent federal elections. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–KF–C 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–220–C] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

NRG Power Marketing LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: NRG Power Marketing LLC 

(NRGPML) has applied to renew its 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 6, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

202–586–5260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)). 

On May 3, 2000 the Department of 

Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA–220, 

which authorized NRGPML to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada as a power marketer using 

existing international transmission 

facilities for a two-year term. DOE 

renewed the NRGPML export 

authorization two additional times; in 

Order No. EA–220–A on September 24, 

2002 and in Order No. EA–220–B on 

August 23, 2005. Order No. EA–220–B 

expired on August 23, 2010. On 

September 15, 2010, NRGPML filed an 

application with DOE for renewal of the 

export authority contained in Order No. 

EA–220–B for an additional five-year 

term. 

The electric energy that NRGPML 

proposes to export to Canada would be 

surplus energy purchased from electric 

utilities, Federal power marketing 

agencies, and other entities within the 

United States. The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

NRGPML have previously been 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

and received by DOE on or before the 

date listed above. 

Comments on the NRGPML 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

Docket No. EA–220–C. An additional 

copy is to be filed directly with Alan 

Johnson, NRG Power Marketing LLC, 

211 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 

08540. A final decision will be made on 

this application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2010. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30624 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–191–D] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Sempra Energy Trading LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Trading LLC 

(SET) has applied to renew its authority 

to transmit electric energy from the 

United States to Canada pursuant to 

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be filed and received 

by DOE on or before December 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

202–586–5260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)). 

On November 10, 1998, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) issued 

Order No. EA–191 which authorized 

Sempra Energy Trading Corp. (SETC) to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada for a two-year term as 

a power marketer using existing 

international transmission facilities. 

DOE renewed the SETC export 

authorization two additional times: on 

January 19, 2001 in Order No. EA–191– 

A and again on April 5, 2006 in Order 

No. EA–191–B. Order No. EA–191–B 

expired on November 5, 2010. On April 


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10, 2008, DOE issued Order No. EA– 

191–C, amending EA–191–B to 

authorize SETC to export under its new 

name, Sempra Energy Trading LLC 

(SET), under the same terms contained 

in Order No. EA–191–B. On October 12, 

2010, SET filed an application with 

DOE for renewal of the export authority 

contained in Order No. EA–191–C for an 

additional five-year term. 

On November 23, 2010, SET 

supplemented its application by 

requesting expedited treatment of their 

application. In its letter, SET indicated 

that due to an administrative oversight 

it had not applied to renew its 

authorization in sufficient time to allow 

for normal DOE processing. SET 

recognized that its authority to export 

electric energy to Canada had expired 

and asserted that it has not traded 

electric energy since expiration of Order 

No. EA–191–B and that it would not do 

so until and unless it received renewed 

authority to export at the conclusion of 

this proceeding. In response to SET’s 

request for expedited treatment, DOE 

has shortened the public comment 

period to 15 days. 

The electric energy that SET proposes 

to export to Canada would be surplus 

energy purchased from electric utilities, 

Federal power marketing agencies, and 

other entities within the United States. 

The existing international transmission 

facilities to be utilized by SET have 

previously been authorized by 

Presidential permits issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended, 

and are appropriate for open access 

transmission by third parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

and received by DOE on or before the 

date listed above. 

Comments on the SET application to 

export electric energy to Canada should 

be clearly marked with Docket No. EA– 

191–D. An additional copy is to be filed 

directly with Ted Chila, Senior Vice 

President, Sempra Energy Trading LLC, 

58 Commerce Road, Stamford, CT 

06902. A final decision will be made on 

this application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2010. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30625 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Request for Comments on Helium-3 

Use in the Oil and Natural Gas Well 

Logging Industry 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) Office of Oil and Natural Gas is 

seeking public comments on the 

volumes and uses of Helium-3 by the oil 

and gas well logging industry. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

5 p.m. Eastern time on February 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit information by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: Edith.Allison@hq.doe.gov. 

Include ‘‘Helium-3 Request for 

Comments’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

Postal Mail: Edith Allison, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Fossil 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Room 3E–028, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Please submit one signed paper 

original. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Edith Allison, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Edith.Allison@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

Office of Oil and Natural Gas is 

responsible for allotting 1,000 liters of 

Helium-3 for use by the well logging 

industry in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 and 

for projecting the FY 2012 Helium-3 

needs so that an industry allotment can 

be set aside for FY 2012. The Office of 

Oil and Natural Gas seeks information 

to improve its understanding of the 

need for Helium-3 and the diversity of 

the user community so that it can tailor 

its allocation process to best support the 

efficient domestic production of oil and 

natural gas. 

Background: 

Helium-3 is a non-radioactive isotope 

of Helium that is a byproduct of the 

decay of Tritium. Its main use is for 

neutron detection devices used in 

scientific research, national security and 

oil and gas well logging. The US 

helium-3 stockpile, which is held by the 

DOE, is not adequate to meet the current 

demand. Therefore, DOE is considering 

an allotment process. 

Allotment Process Considerations: 

In developing its allotment process, 

DOE seeks information on the uses of 

Helium-3 by members of the oil and gas 

well logging industry. DOE seeks 

information, for example, on whether 

companies manufacture neutron 

detectors used by the well logging 

industry or wireline or Logging-WhileDrilling tools incorporating neutron 

detectors, and whether companies 

purchase or lease logging tools that 

contain neutron detectors. 

DOE also seeks information on the 

volumes of Helium-3 anticipated by the 

oil and gas well logging industry during 

the 2-year allotment under 

consideration by DOE. DOE seeks 

information on estimates of oil and gas 

required by companies for fiscal years 

2011 (October 1, 2010 through 

September 30, 2011) and 2012 (October 

1, 2011 through September 30, 2012). 

DOE also seeks information on the 

recycling and reclamation of Helium-3 

gas. DOE understands that Helium-3 gas 

can be recycled or reclaimed from many 

inoperable neutron detectors. DOE seeks 

information on whether companies plan 

to reclaim Helium-3 from 

malfunctioning devices and if so, how 

much Helim-3 companies anticipate 

reclaiming. 

In allotting Helium-3, DOE would 

expect to give preference to devices for 

use in the United States. Therefore, DOE 

seeks information on how much 

companies’ expected Helium-3 will be 

for devices used outside the United 

States. 

Further Information on Submitting 

Information: 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies: One copy of 

the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential 

and one copy of the document with the 

information believed to be confidential 


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